Small Namban cabinet in Japanese lacquer, the door with fine - Lot 477

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Small Namban cabinet in Japanese lacquer, the door with fine - Lot 477
Small Namban cabinet in Japanese lacquer, the door with finely alternating lacquer decoration depicting a rooster in a lush setting, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and shagreen, opening onto three shelves. The cabinet is topped with a cabosse-shaped lacquer box, probably later and European. The hinges and keyhole in finely chased and gilded bronze. Momoyama period, 16th - 17th century H.: 50 cm; W.: 33 cm; D.: 15 cm (Accidents and small missing parts, restorations) Nanban art refers to Japanese art of the 16th and 17th centuries It was influenced by numerous contacts with Nanbans ("southern barbarians"), i.e. Jesuit traders and missionaries from Europe, particularly Portugal. The term Nanban was then used to designate foreigners arriving by boat from the south, whose ways were considered barbaric by the Japanese. Nanban lacquers are characterized by the density of their decoration, which is quite atypical for Japanese lacquers. These lacquers are also characterized by the use of mother-of-pearl, a technique that was very popular at the time. The predominance of mother-of-pearl on these Japanese lacquers is considered on the one hand to be the consequence of Korean imports, and on the other hand to be the result of the influence of Indian objects purchased by the Portuguese in Goa.
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